Improvement in buckles



l land, gentleman,

` Improvements in Fastenings in thernature of Buck- `WOOD, dollerebydeclare the nature of the said inshali be capable of lbeing locked uponor into its frame.

p ing manner:

i shall form one piece.

' `which receives the fre-e end of `the tongue, when it is tongue is tobe part of the loop, having aV bar, with which the `end of thefstrap,`to which the buckle is secured engages.

said, the intention being `that the strap or other ar- 'and inseparablefromthe lock-buckle itself, and theV i 'as aforesaid, is the-object ofthe invention, `and this t object may obviously be accomplished bybringing the l tease@ e y FREDERICK FRANCIS cREENWoon'oF HoRNsEY,ENGLAND.

Letters Patent No.' 97,909, datedDeccmber 18,69; patented 'in England,September I6, 1868.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all'to who/nait may concern Beit known that I, FREDnRIoK'IPRANOIsGREEN- WOOD, of Hornsey, in the, county of Middlesex, Engi a subject ofthe Queen of Great Britain, have invented or discovered new and usefulles;,and I, the said FREDERICK FRANCIS GREEN- vention, and in whatmanner the same is to be per-` formed, to `be particularly described andascertained luand by the following statement thereof; vthat isto $ay i l4 v y My invention consists in the constructionof a lockbuckle, that isto` say,',a buckle, the tongue of which This invention I prefert-owcarry out in the follow- I combine the frame of Aa buckle (or 4threesides of it) with thel frame or box ot' a lock, so that the whole Beyondandraised above` that part of the. buckle closed down, I form a bow-sinpedbar or loop or ring orshoe; or, with the same intention, I make ahole in that part ot' the buckle to receive th tongue at pressure. r i

lhe base oi' the\tongue I hingcfupon the bolt of the lock, or Iforint-hebase ot the. tongue and the bolt of the look into a hinge; inother words, the

` boltand is to be discharged and withdrawn with it, or as part ofit.

y Atv the end of the frame, opposite the loop or bow` with which theltongue engages, I construct a second When the bolt-tongue is dischargedfrom the lock,

I thrust the further or free end of it under the4 bowshaped bar, loop,ring, or shoe, orinto the hole aforeticle, which `the buckleiastens,'shall not be released (except by violenceluntil tho tongue ofthe buckle is withdraw-n.

Ihe-protrusion and withdrawal of the bolt-tongue may be accomplishedeither by the use of a separate key, or bymeans `of mechanismappertaining to lock-portion of the arrangement may, as in ordinarylocks, work by means of a key, or as. in letter-locks and secret looks,the, lock-bolt may be released, by setting parts'of the lock itself toprearrang'ed positions,

"lhe use of the lock-motion is in all ,cases to iix the bolt-tongueof-the buckle in or uponlthe frame, which,

control of the lock to bea-r uponany part of the bolttongue.

Descriptzfoufof,thaDrawi/ngs. Figure 1 shows a lock-buckle madeaccordingto my invention, inwhichthehinge on which thetongue tnrns, forms part ofthe bolt of the look,so that when the bolt is drawn into the lock-case`by the key," the tongue is stoppedl from turning on its hinge. .The`tongue is thus locked down upon the loop of the frame of the buckle,and the buckle cannot be opened except by protruding thebolt means ofthe key.

Figure 2 shows a modification of the lock-buckle shown in iig. I.

In.this lock-buckle, the bar which forms the loop at the end ot' the'f1-ame, instead of being asimple bar, as iniig. 1, is made thicker, andhas a -iange on one side, and a hole in the centre of the end, intowhich the tongure c is shot bythe key, thus securely locking the tongueinto the frame oi' the buckle.

To open it, the bolt must be lowered bythe ikey, i

thus clearing the end of the tongue from the hole in which it wasconfined. Wheuiu this-position, the

tongue .can be turned on its hinge as in the case 'of f ordinarybuckles.

Figure 3 shows a buckle in which the tongue does not turn on ahinge atall, but forms .the bolt of the lock, and is shot up bythe key into ahole in the bar formingthe loop atthe'end ofthe buckle.

*Figure 4. shows a buckle `in which the tongue is simply a spring-bolt,moved by vmechanism appertaining to -the lock itself, which lspring-boltcan be locked upon the frame or not, at pleasure.

In each ofthe forms represented iu all the said tigt ures, the frame ofthe buckle is constructed with a second loop at the end opposite thatwith which' the strap engages, this second loopv being for the purposeof enabling the buckle to be conveniently secured to the strap. t

. Having thus described the nature of my invention, and themanner ot'performing the same, I would have it understood that what I claim, is-

The combination of the lo'ck, the buckle-frame having a loop at one-endfor engagement with the tongue, and the movable tongue, in such mannerthat the lock is fixed to the buckle-frame, and the tongue is held inengagement with the loop` bythe action of thelock, as before representedand described.

Also, the combination ot the buckle-frame, constructed with a loop atone end, for engagement with the tongue,V and a second loop at the otherend, for .engagement with the strap, a lock 'fixed to said frame betweenthe said two loops, and a tongue engaging with the iirst of said loops,and controlled by said lock, as before described.

Also, the .combination of the buckle frame, the lock fixed thereto, andthe tongue connected with the bolt` of said lock by a hinge, Yso thatthe said bolt may be turned iiomand toward the loop of the buckle-framewhen not ,secured` byV the lock," as before described.

FREDERICK FRANCIS GREENWOOD.

Witnesses: f

G. E. WARREN, Both of No. 17 Gmccclmrch THOS. BROWN, Streeallondon. JOHNHARRISON, Nota/ry Public, Lon-clon.

